By Bruce McKinney
Call any bookman in the Bay Area and you inevitably find someone who knows something about Cody's, the Berkeley based bookstore that after a run of more than fifty years recently closed its last door. It has over the past few years operated two stores in Berkeley and one in San Francisco. Cody's was a new bookstore that sold the front list and made its money and reputation on the back. The front list included best sellers and new titles, the back list books that sell year after year, academic and graduate level material and literature including arcane material such a...
By Michael Stillman
The missing Durham University copy of the Shakespeare first folio is believed to have been found by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. We say "believed" becau...
By Michael Stillman
One of the more egregious cases of library theft/eBay selling came to a close in late June when James Brubaker of Great Falls, Montana, pled guilty to charges of possession a...
By Bruce McKinney
The New York Times national edition on July 23rd carried a two and a half inch news brief on the declining health of the book section in the Sunday LA Times. It appeared in th...
By Bruce McKinney
The convergence of user friendly phones, computing, faster searches and always better graphics is turning the cell phone into a tool more useful than almost anyone imagined jus...
By Michael Stillman
A new search engine emerged with much fanfare this past Monday (July 28) to challenge Google's hegemony. The name is Cuil (pronounced "cool"). Cuil is not the only recent att...
By Michael Stillman
Book meta-search site ViaLibri recently announced an expansion of its library search program. Thirteen new library databases along with Google Book Search have been added to ...
By Michael Stillman
Online listing site Biblio and bookselling software developer Bibliopolis announced a rollout of free BookHound 7ce software. This is inventory management and book listing so...
By Bruce McKinney
The subject of the September issue of the Comet will be "Civil Wars, their Prelude, Conduct and Aftermath." The American Civil War enjoys broad interest among collectors for ...
Eighteen new bookseller catalogues are up for review in August.
Collectors of Americana will find new catalogues from both William Reese and David Lesser Antiquarian Books. Clark Rare Books tar...
